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Boaters gather as the Royal Dutch Shell PLC icebreaker Fennica heads up the Willamette River in Portland, Ore., Thursday, July 30, 2015. The Fennica left dry dock and made its way down the Willamette River toward the Pacific Ocean soon after authorities forced the demonstrators from the river and the St. Johns Bridge.
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An activist looks towards the rising sun as she hangs from the St. Johns bridge as part of a protest to block the Royal Dutch Shell PLC icebreaker Fennica from leaving for Alaska in Portland, Ore., Thursday, July 30, 2015. The icebreaker, which is a vital part of Shell's exploration and spill-response plan off Alaska's northwest coast, stopped short of the hanging blockade, turned around and sailed back to a dock at the Port of Portland.
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Activists hang off the St. Johns Bridge to protest Shell Oil's drilling in the Arctic, in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, July 29, 2015. The thirteen protesters dangled from the bridge while another 13 remained on the bridge as lookouts.
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Activists hang from the St. Johns bridge in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, July 29, 2015, to protest the departure of Royal Dutch Shell PLC icebreaker Fennica, which is in Portland for repairs. The icebreaker is a vital part of Shell's exploration and spill-response plan off Alaska's northwest coast.
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Portland may be known for fashionable hipsters, devotion to public transit, locally sourced chickens and artisanal food carts. But a part of this city by the river counters the narrative of livable, weird, predominantly white 'Portlandia.'
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In this Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Portland, Ore. Phony applicants that investigators signed up last year under President Barack Obama's health care law got automatically re-enrolled for 2015 and some were rewarded with even bigger taxpayer subsidies for their insurance premiums, a congressional probe has found.
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In 2014, Stanford's defense was superb despite the loss of several key players from the previous season, but for most of the year the offense wasn't nearly as good as expected. The 2015 Cardinal, however, might flip that equation.
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The US has been notoriously slow to install protected bike lanes - in fact, there were only 78 bike lanes built nationwide between 1874 and 2011. But the Green Lane Project is working to repair that legacy.
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Family members greet their children who were escorted out of Rosemary Anderson High School in North Portland after a shooting on Dec. 12, 2014. A shooter wounded two boys and a girl outside a U.S. high school Friday in what is believed to be a gang-related attack, police said.
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